Pressure-operated valve



Dec. 6, 1927.

o. A. FREEZE PRESSURE OPERATED" VALVE Filed Ma rah 17 ."1926 gwwmtozr Patented Dec. 6,1927.

OT -K-S A... FEE 'ZEgOF JGLIET, ILLINGFlS.

*PREssURE Q PEBATED VALVE.

Application filed March 17, 1926. "Serial 1%. 95,292.

The present invention relates to valves and aims to provide a novel and improved valve coi'istruction whereinthc flow. ot' 'the water or other pressure fiuid'is established and'shut oil by the pressure 01 thefiuid under manual control, .in order that the flow' may be readily and conveniently controlled with little effort, thereby relieving the ope w ator of the labor in operating the valve, to e ther open or cLoseat, against the flu-rd pressure.

Another objectis the provision of such a valve construction comprising a novel arrangement and assembly of the component elements whereby the device is practical and eliicient in use.

/Vith the foregoing and, other objects in view, which will be apparent as the descrip-' tion proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention;

The invention is illustrated. in the acconr panying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical median section of a faucet type construction of valve embodying surface of an upper disk portion 11 of the base 7. The portion 11 has a central upstanding stud 12 forming a valve seat, and

said portion 11 has upstandingannular flanges 13 and 14 concentric with the stud or valve seat 12. The base 7 also has a nozzle 15 outstanding therefrom provided within the discharge passage 16 opening upwardly within the stud or valve seat 12. A drain aperture or port 17 is formed in the portion 11 of the base and leads dowwardly from between the flanges 13 and .14 to the discharge pilFStlgQ 16.

An upstanding cylinder 18has'its lower enc screwethreaded-within theflange 13', and. a cylinder 19 or larger diameter and greater I he ght is screw-threaded"onthe flange 14, therebyproviding an annular space between.

said cylinders fromLt-he lowerendgotwhich on the aperture or portv 17'. leads ,tothe passage;

16. A-cap 20 is screw-threaded on the upper end the cylinder 19 to closesame, and the,

upper-end or the-cylinder 18 hasa boss21 or reduced diameter andprovided wvith agoo port or opening 22, establishing; communicate ,tion between the space between' thefcyli nd ersj and the'space vithin" the cylinder 18 .j 1.

' A piston 23 is slidable inthe cylinder 12 for closing the valve, assreenlin' '1 ihe piston 23 has a packing. r111... 25 the eo 12 to f engage the cylinder 18 and saldp ston rfi has passages '26 extending therethroiigh b'- tween the top and bottom surfaces thereof and located between the periphery of the piston and the valve disk or .member 24.-

The passages 26 establish communication be- 90 tween the upper and lower chambers of the cylinder18.

The upper end of the cylinder l8.has a downwardly facing-valve seat 27 surround-.

ing vthe opening 22, and against which a 8 valve disk or head 28 is seatable from below. The valve disk 28'is seoured to the lower end .01 a stem or rod 30, by means of a screw 29 or otherwise, and a plunger '30 passes slidably through the cap 20 which has suit on The V able packing 31 to prevent leakage. plunger has a button 32st its upper end which may be convenientlydepressed to'depress the stem 30 andunseat the valve disk 28; A coiled spring 33 surrounds thestem e5 '30 andv is confined between the. boss 21 and a washeror collarB t on the upper end of the stem '30, thereby normally raisingthe valve disk 28 to seat sameacross the opening 22,

The lower end of the plunger 30 contacts 1 00 with the upper end of the lar 34. V I I With the valve disk '28 seated, as seen in Fig. 1, the fluid flowing upwardly through stein 30 and colthe passage 26 will build up a pressure above 1105 the piston 23, which assisted by the gravity of the piston 23,. will move said piston downwardly and seatthe valve disk or meme ber2e, therebyshutting ofi' communication between the inlet passage 10 and discharge 110.

resins pr vertical movement, and ;a valvedisk 24...?" suitable material 1s ,insetintonthel lower]: rtion or the piston to seat on the' valve seat, I.

passage 16, so that the valve is closed. By touching or depressing the button 32, which requires very slight effort, the valve disk 28 is unseated, so that the fluid within the 'cylinder 18 above the piston 23 may flow throughthe opening 22 and down the space between the cylinders 18 and 19, so as to drain through the opening or aperture 17 into the discharge passage 16. The pressure of the fluid upwardly against the piston 52 from below will immediately force said piston upwardly. therebydischarging the fluid from above the piston through the opening 22. and the valve disk or member 24 being raised from the seat 12 will immediately establish the flow of the fluid from the passage 10 into and through the passage 16. The flow will continue as long as the button 32 isheld down, and as soon as the button 32 is rel-eased, the spring 32-5 will raise the stem 30 and seat the valve disk 28. The fluid flow ing through the passages 26 willbuild up the pressure in' the cylinder-18 above the piston, so that said piston gradually moved downwardly by the preponderance of pressure above the piston, and the valve disk or member 24 will therefore be inovedover the discharge or outlet passage 16 to close the valve automatically by the fluid-pressure.

'Thus, by controlling the secondary valve disk or member 28 the main valve disk or member 24 is operated by fluid pressure to either open or close the valve.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is A valve structure of the character described comprising a base having inlet and discharge passages a cylinder having an open end detachably connect-ed to said base with said passages communicating therewith a piston slidable in said cylinder and having a valve portion to seat across the discharge passage and having a passage therethrouglu.

able in the second cylinder and adapted to contact with said stem.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

OTIS- A FREEZE. 

